Maharlika CEO: AI Threatens 1.9M Filipino BPO Jobs, Liability is the Real Issue
cen6wkf · reddit · 2026-08-21
Rafael Consing, CEO of the Philippines' sovereign wealth fund Maharlika, stated that AI poses a risk to 1.9 million local BPO jobs. While the global outsourcing industry is growing, AI is thinning out individual roles. The core issue raised is liability: drawing parallels to the 1993 Highland Towers collapse where engineers faced lifetime liability, the author questions who is accountable when AI makes critical errors. Regulatory gates and human accountability are cited as moats AI cannot easily absorb.
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